Black Friday weekend sees record ecommerce sales once again

Date:
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Description:
Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday spend it up, with $1.9 billion
spent in just two hours this Monday.

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American consumers pushed Cyber Monday spend to $13.3 billion this year,
making it the biggest Cyber Monday in history and even surpassing initial
predictions by $100 million. 

Up 7.3% year-over-year, Cyber Monday has now become the largest online
shopping day of the year, building on the hype of the preceding Black Friday
deals. 

In two hours alone between 8pm and 10pm, US buyers spent a whopping $15.8
million every minute, or about $1.9 billion in 120 minutes.

Cyber Monday is Americas favorite shopping day

 Adobe s analysis found that the five-day Cyber Week  beginning on
Thanksgiving and ending on Cyber Monday  brought in $41.1 billion in sales, 
up 8.2% year-on-year. Current predictions estimate that the two-month holiday
season, from November 1 to December 31, will bring in $240.8 billion in 
sales. If this is true, it would mark an 8.4% yearly rise, but already this
season sales stand at $131.5 billion, up 9.0%. 

Continually tough economic conditions have kept some consumers thinking twice
about their spending, however generous discounts countered this and kept up
spending. Electronics saw an average markdown of 30.1%, toys at 26.1%, and
clothing at 23.2%. 

Surprisingly, while the true power of artificial intelligence is yet to be
realized outside of the office, GenAI-powered chatbots helped consumers make
purchasing decisions more than ever this year, boosting traffic to retail
sites by a staggering 1,950%. Social media influencers also saw their share 
of revenue increase 6.8% year-over-year. 

Most consumers (57%) purchased via mobile, with Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL)
services accounting for $991.2 million in transactions  about 7.5% of Cyber
Mondays purchases from a financial perspective. 

Adobe Digital Insights lead analyst Vivek Pandya commented: Early discounts
were strong enough that many consumers felt comfortable hitting the buy 
button earlier on during Cyber Week, with Cyber Monday becoming last call for
shoppers to take advantage of big holiday deals. 

Looking ahead, Adobe predicts discounts to become less attractive through
December, but key categories like electronics, toys and appliances are still
likely to offer healthy savings, enabling buyers to purchase higher ticket
items and driving total spend up.

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